BillyBalata Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 msnbc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeR Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 Yikes Evacuating Hawaii wouldn't be that easy. You can't exactly drive to the next state. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbimm Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 I have 3 friends in Chile and we got a text from them at 4am stating that it was a mess but as of then they were OK. Cell phones were going dead but they did get one group text off before losing communication. They were supposed to be heading back to the states in the next few days. Not sure how those travel plans will be impacted. Scary stuff from what I have seen on the news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Dick Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 Brother lives in Hawaii. Luckily he lives in the mountains on the other side of Oahu, away from where the Tsunami would hit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeR Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 Hope so. I wonder how big of a tsunami they expect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBalata Posted February 27, 2010 Author Share Posted February 27, 2010 (edited) depends on where you are, but I'm hearing 8-16 feet in Hawaii....southern coasts the worst. They just put out an advisory for California, 2-3 feet in some spots. Edited February 27, 2010 by BillyBalata Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushwacked Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 Big Country is in Hawaii. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushwacked Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 Evacuating Hawaii wouldn't be that easy. You can't exactly drive to the next state. It's a Tsunami warning not a biblical tidal wave warning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajncajn Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 Brother lives in Hawaii. Luckily he lives in the mountains on the other side of Oahu, away from where the Tsunami would hit. Mom & Brother live there as well & both are in the mountains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpwallace49 Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 Mom & Brother live there as well & both are in the mountains. How far is that from the coast? isnt all teh islands volcanic mountains? I ahvent been there . . but I woudl assume that the topography would rise fairly quickly once you get off the beach? Can anyone weigh in here? Cause a 8-16 foot wave is no joke . . . if the land slopes up right away that will mitigate damage . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clubfoothead Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 Hawaii got a tsunami in like the 1960s or something after a big earthquake in Chile. With this kind of advance notice hopefully problems will be kept to a minimum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushwacked Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 (edited) Cause a 8-16 foot wave is no joke . . . if the land slopes up right away that will mitigate damage . . . It's the sheer volume of water and not so much wave height that is typically the primary concern. Potential of fatalities should be significantly mitigated with the advance notice. Potential damage close to shore would obviously still be high. Edited February 27, 2010 by bushwacked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiegie Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 This earthquake was FIVE HUNDRED times more powerful than the one that hit Haiti. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushwacked Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 This earthquake was FIVE HUNDRED times more powerful than the one that hit Haiti. 8.8 is no joke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbimm Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 This earthquake was FIVE HUNDRED times more powerful than the one that hit Haiti. From what I have been seeing on the news the damage should not be as extensive and the loss of life far smaller than Haiti due to Chile be way better prepared with building code enforcement and such. This is not Chile's first rodeo so to speak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeR Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 (edited) It's a Tsunami warning not a biblical tidal wave warning. So it's "only" the big island Hawaii? I thought they were saying Hawaii ie meaning the chain. d'oh. And it seems kinda weird that this would even be as significant as they say - I mean I realize 8.8 is a massive quake, but Hawaii is very damn far from Chile - looks like ~ 5/6000 miles-ish or more on a map glance. I know tsunamis build up, but eventually they'd start to subside over such long distances. Also apparently this thing will travel northwest...I wonder if that's due to currents or plate tectonics, or both, or..... Guess I need to watch those weather report specials more. Edited February 27, 2010 by BeeR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Dick Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 Brother called. They are expecting it on Oahu as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i_am_the_swammi Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 depends on where you are, but I'm hearing 8-16 feet in Hawaii....southern coasts the worst. They just put out an advisory for California, 2-3 feet in some spots. I'm tsunami-illiterate, but... is a 2-3 foot wave really a big deal? I think we get bigger waves than that at the Jersey coast all the time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMD Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 This earthquake was FIVE HUNDRED times more powerful than the one that hit Haiti. That's what I thought - the Richter scale is logarithmic and gets exponentially more powerful with every step up. I cannot remember an earthquake that large. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbimm Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 That's what I thought - the Richter scale is logarithmic and gets exponentially more powerful with every step up. I cannot remember an earthquake that large. This is the 5th most powerful earth quake since 1900. That's a lot of earth quakes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiegie Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 That's what I thought - the Richter scale is logarithmic and gets exponentially more powerful with every step up. I cannot remember an earthquake that large. Amazingly enough, I just checked and the Sumatra earthquake that caused the tsunami back in 2004 was a 9.2... meaning that this current earthquake was less than 1/4 as powerful as that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whomper Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 my brother in law is in Hawaii on vacation right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outshined Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 I'm tsunami-illiterate, but... is a 2-3 foot wave really a big deal? I think we get bigger waves than that at the Jersey coast all the time? Maybe...maybe not. They say its the speed and volume of water. Once it hits land, it can keep going and destroy everything in its path. It can get bigger is shallower water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowboutthemCowboys Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 I'm tsunami-illiterate, but... is a 2-3 foot wave really a big deal? I think we get bigger waves than that at the Jersey coast all the time? exactly what I thought when I read that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 The latest in a long string Eureka, CA, then Haiti then Venezuela then Chile, all within the last few months. Chain reaction? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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